Today's Labour News

newsThis news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.

weblinksOur links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet from Friday, 3 March 2017 to Sunday, 5 March 2017


Chronological with most recent web postings at the top

Sunday (5 March)

Bodies of six men who could be illegal miners found near railway line in Benoni – eNCA

Govt against businesses employing undocumented foreign nationals - SABC News

Employers charged in illegal migrants crackdown - BusinessLive

Sassa debacle proof that ANC hates the poor‚ says Numsa – TimesLive

Veiligheidswag sterf in Bloem-rooftog – Maroela Media

Tongaat Mall collapse: Three years later and still no answers – Sunday Tribune

Coffee Bay development set to create jobs – SABC News

‘We are saddened by ANCWL attack on Cosatu’ - The Citizen

Poultry firms 'face huge job losses over imports' - Business Times (paywall access)

Cosatu: Bathabile Dlamini is no longer an asset to the social development dept – EWN

Mpumalanga development agency throws Vantage Goldfields a lifeline - City Press


Saturday (4 March)

Northern Cape injects millions into rural youth skills development programme - SABC News

Cosatu reiterates call for Dlamini to be fired, warns of consequences - eNCA

‘Ask a sex worker’ – News24

Sign declaration or face eviction, says Eastern Cape TVET management - News24

Wet weather hampers Boksburg mineshaft rescue operation – The Citizen


Friday (3 March)

Cosatu in war of words with ANC Women’s League – News24

Pay hike for Gauteng politicians – TimesLive

Why not use UIF surplus to fund state programmes, fees commission judge asks – BusinessLive

Four top Buffalo City Metro officials in court on fraud charges – TimesLive

Busa welcomes Cosatu’s endorsement of national minimum wage - Engineering News

FNB suspends employee over Brian Molefe deposit slip furore, workers say - BusinessLive

Cosatu lashes at ANCWL over welfare bungle - Business Report

Hundreds of youth get paid to sit at home - SowetanLive

Hammanskraal commuters protest over poor bus services - The Citizen

Cosatu urges government to amend expropriation bill - EWN

Prasa to hand over report on Letsoalo's salary to Transport Minister - EWN

Cosatu threatens to embark on protest action over Cape Town water crisis - News24

Some four million people depend on SA’s motor industry - Business Report

Country Bird to close chicken abattoir in Mahikeng - Business Report

Cape Town's Atlantis R1.3bn investment boost will create 200 jobs - Fin24

ANC needs to refocus on revolutionary values, says Cosatu - IOL News

ANCWL rubbishes Cosatu's call for Social Development Minister to resign - eNCA

Poultry association seeks import protection to save industry and jobs - BusinessLive

Mechanisation is but one reason minimum pay could eliminate jobs - BusinessLive

Cosatu signs up for national minimum wage - BusinessLive

AB InBev cans executive bonuses, but SA bosses not affected - BusinessLive

Dismay at new head of mining department - BusinessLive

Cosatu reiterates support for Ramaphosa - eNCA

Cosatu weighs in on Sassa debacle - The New Age

Toilet cleaners lack vaccinations and safety clothes in Philippi - GroundUp

Tiger Brands under fire for executive remuneration - Moneyweb


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